Strategic objectives and corporate priorities

Strategic Objective: Meeting people's need for housing

Corporate Priorities

• Enable affordable homes to be built in the district each year in line with the Vale's ambitious targets
• Help people in housing need to resolve their housing problems

Strategic Objective: Supporting a vibrant local economy

Corporate Priorities

• Work in partnership to sustain vibrant market towns
• Support rural business and communities
• Promote "Science Vale UK" as a world leading area for science and technology

Strategic Objective: Managing our business effectively

Corporate Priorities

• Provide value for money services that meet the needs of our residents and service users
• Optimise access to our services
• Improve communication about the Council's activities and achievements

Strategic Objective: Rising to the challenge of climate change

Corporate Priorities

• Minimise our impact on the causes of climate change
• Respond to the effects of climate change, particularly flooding
• Minimise the waste we produce and maximise recycling

Strategic Objective: Helping to maintain a safe Vale

Corporate Priorities

• Help to maintain, or further reduce, low levels of crime and anti-social behaviour
• Reduce the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour

Strategic Objective: Keeping the Vale a clean place to live

Corporate Priorities

• Deal effectively with litter and detritus
• Tackle "envirocrime", such as fly-tipping, dog fouling and graffiti

The Strategic Objectives detailed above are not listed in order of importance.